The Five Years of the Graduate Program
Our PhD program is a five-year sequence. It’s customizable, but the general experience is as follows:
| Fall | Winter | Spring | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Year | 3 MA courses (200A,B,C) | 2-3 MA courses (2 of 201A,B,C) | 2-3 MA courses |
| continuing orientation | continuing orientation | TA training course (495) | |
| Second Year | MA Thesis Course (444), TA/RAship and/or additional coursework | MA Thesis Course (444), TA/RAship and/or additional coursework | MA Thesis Course (444), TA/RAship and/or additional coursework |
| nominate MA thesis committee by the end of the quarter | submit MA thesis | ||
| Third Year | Field Methods 1 (210A), TA/RAship, courses as appropriate | Field Methods 2 (210B), TA/RAship, courses as appropriate | TA/RAship, courses as appropriate |
| establish PhD guidance committee | nominate PhD committee | ||
| Fourth Year | TA/RAship, courses as appropriate | TA/RAship, courses as appropriate | TA/RAship, courses as appropriate |
| prospectus defense | apply for DYF | continue dissertation work | |
| Fifth Year | continue dissertation work | continue dissertation work | defend dissertation |